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the birthers say obama isn't one of us. romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. today, the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name appear on the ballot. the birthers are still at it. they want more evidence of the president's legitimacy. his birth certificate isn't enough. his new ally, newt gingrich, talks of our food stamp president. one state after another tries to limit minority voting in the cause of making out the president as the other, the foreigner who needs in the words of romney surrogate, john sa into into, to learn how to be an american. the campaign is coherent, comprehensive. to convince the working class white guy obama is not one of us, one of them. a foreigner, a sue purper in league with the country's enemy. mitt romney is out there overseeing every word of it. ron reagan and cynthia cutler. i want to start with this, sin thee n cynthia. i have never heard such a coherent, comprehensive effort to describe a guy as not really an american, as being one of the enemy or in league with the enemy at least. your thoughts? >> the southe
the birthers say obama isn't one of us. romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. today, the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name appear on the ballot. the birthers are still at it. they want more evidence of the president's legitimacy. his birth certificate isn't enough. his new ally, newt gingrich, talks of our food stamp president. one state after another tries to limit minority voting in the cause of making out the president as the other, the foreigner who...
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romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. well today the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name even appear on the ballot. the kansas secretary of state wants more legitimate my to run. his new talks of the food stamp president and one republican dominated state after another tries to limit minority voting, all in the idea of making the president one of the others. to learn how to be an american. well, the campaign is coherent. it's comp rehencive and is to work the working class white guy obama is not one of us. he's one of them. a foreigner. and mitt romney is right out there overseeing every word of it. cynthia tucker is a columnist. i want to start with you, cynthia. watching it all, as i've just described it. everything going on. the voter suppression. the lingo, sympathizing with the bad guys. i've never heard such a coherent comprehensive effort to describe a guy as not really an american. as being in league with the enemy, at least. your thoughts. >> chris, this is a southern strategy at large. this i
romney says obama sympathizes with the muslim killers. well today the state of kansas is deciding whether to let obama's name even appear on the ballot. the kansas secretary of state wants more legitimate my to run. his new talks of the food stamp president and one republican dominated state after another tries to limit minority voting, all in the idea of making the president one of the others. to learn how to be an american. well, the campaign is coherent. it's comp rehencive and is to work...
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as of tonight, president obama will within 305 votes, mitt romney will win 232. that is called a land slide. and president obama has a 75% chance of winning the election. mitt romney has a 25% chance. let's listen to mitt romney taking questions in california tonight. >> saw themselves as victims or weren't willing to take responsibility for their own lives and their own future. what did you mean by that? >> well, you said a number of things there. and the answer is that i'm talking about the political process of drawing people into my campaign. of course, individuals are going to take responsibility for their life. and my campaign is about helping people take more responsibility and becoming employed again, particularly those that don't have work. this whole campaign is focused on getting people jobs again, putting people back to work. this is ultimately a question about direction for the country. do you believe in a government-centered society that provides more and more benefits, or do you believe instead in a free enterprise society where people are able to p
as of tonight, president obama will within 305 votes, mitt romney will win 232. that is called a land slide. and president obama has a 75% chance of winning the election. mitt romney has a 25% chance. let's listen to mitt romney taking questions in california tonight. >> saw themselves as victims or weren't willing to take responsibility for their own lives and their own future. what did you mean by that? >> well, you said a number of things there. and the answer is that i'm talking...
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while we're talking about fund raising, president obama himself brought in $4 million last night in new york city and although had some help of beyonce and jay-z and dropped in on david letter mn. >> when i won in 2008, 47% of the american people voted for john mccain. they didn't vote for me. and what i said on election night was, even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i can to be your president. my expectation is that if you want to be president you got to work for everybody, not just for some. >> all right. let's welcome back to show david druker, the associate politics editor at "roll call." thanks for joining us. there's things to pore over there. there's a new poll of nbc news and "wall street journal" with obama ahead of romney by five but there's one finding in there that really jumped out at me. that is the personal image of mitt romney. which right now stands at about 38%, you know, favorable, 43% unfavorable. that's really not changed at all from the last month at 38-44. david, i guess the question is, i guess there's two quest
while we're talking about fund raising, president obama himself brought in $4 million last night in new york city and although had some help of beyonce and jay-z and dropped in on david letter mn. >> when i won in 2008, 47% of the american people voted for john mccain. they didn't vote for me. and what i said on election night was, even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices and i'm going to work as hard as i can to be your president. my expectation is that if you want to be...
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how much worse will this get and how will president obama respond? we'll have a live report from the ground. the wall street journal poll shows the president opening up leads in the only states that matter this election, just two months away. the question is, what will governor romney do to change the race? is packers bounce back. thes
how much worse will this get and how will president obama respond? we'll have a live report from the ground. the wall street journal poll shows the president opening up leads in the only states that matter this election, just two months away. the question is, what will governor romney do to change the race? is packers bounce back. thes
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it reads, it's disgraceful the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks. the statement was put out before the attacks came out. it came out later condemning the attacks. they responded writing, we are shocked at a time the united states of america is confronting the tragic death in libya, governor romney would choose to launch a political attack. for more on this, we turn to richard engel, live in cairo. bring us up to speed as we wake up this morning. >> reporter: well, the major development is what potentially happened in libya, the city of benghazi. it's not just any officer that was killed but it was the u.s. em bass dor that died because of smoke inhilation. he was visiting the facility in benghazi at the time. those reports have not been confirmed by the u.s. state department. they are being reported across the middle east with live images coming out from in front of the u.s. consulate, now, a burned down shell in the city of benghazi. it would be a major escalation. not only did the attackers storm the building in benghazi, they attacked it with rif
it reads, it's disgraceful the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks. the statement was put out before the attacks came out. it came out later condemning the attacks. they responded writing, we are shocked at a time the united states of america is confronting the tragic death in libya, governor romney would choose to launch a political attack. for more on this, we turn to richard engel, live in cairo. bring us up to speed as we wake up this morning. >> reporter:...
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and now he's accusing president obama of not telling the truth? as bill clinton said last week, it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did. joining me now is melissa harris-perry, host of the melissa harris-perry show here on msnbc and e.j. dionne, an msnbc contributor. thank you both for being on the show tonight. >> good to be with you. >> melissa, hasn't romney's fact-free campaign. >> certainly there's two pieces of it. one is sort of just the inability of having a governing mind set that says when there is a world crisis you pause first. you engage in finding out what the facts even are. you remember that as reagan said, the politics only go to the water's edge and then once we get to the edge of our country, we are all americans. so that's part of it. but the other part of it has been within the domestic politics of the campaign, the willingness of both the romney and ryan candidacies to simply distort their own records of something that is inaccurate and isn't true and consistently to distort president obama's record. >> now
and now he's accusing president obama of not telling the truth? as bill clinton said last week, it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you did. joining me now is melissa harris-perry, host of the melissa harris-perry show here on msnbc and e.j. dionne, an msnbc contributor. thank you both for being on the show tonight. >> good to be with you. >> melissa, hasn't romney's fact-free campaign. >> certainly there's two pieces of it. one is sort of just the inability of...
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president obama, mitt romney are campaigning in the swing state of florida where both candidates will play up their policy on immigration and trade jabs at comments each made in the past. brian mooar has details from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. romney is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths, their war for the white house shifted over video tapes. romney's obsessment -- still causing problems for his campaign. republicans are firing back. they are using a 1998 recording of then state senator barack obama talking of making government more efficient in a conference. >> how we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because i believe in redistribution. at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot. >> he said some years ago something which we are hearing about today on the internet. he said he believes in redistribution. all right? >> do you want to talk about redist
president obama, mitt romney are campaigning in the swing state of florida where both candidates will play up their policy on immigration and trade jabs at comments each made in the past. brian mooar has details from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, veronica. romney is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths, their war for the white house shifted over...
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but the current nationwide gallup daily tracking poll has president obama lead 50g% to 44%. again that, is a national poll. not terribly significant. romney spent most of the day in ohio trying to repair the damage from the hidden video comments about the 47%. despite his attacks against president obama's health care law, romney highlight the his own massachusetts health care reform as proof that he does care about all people. >> throughout this campaign as well, we've talked about my record in massachusetts. don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured. 100% of the kids in our state have health insurance. i don't think there is anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record. >> touting his own health care plan there in massachusetts to drive home the point campaign says it's new ads showing mr. romney talking straight to camera about the middle class will now replace all ads running in nine swing states. just hours after that ad was released, the democratic national committee countered with its own version. >> too ma
but the current nationwide gallup daily tracking poll has president obama lead 50g% to 44%. again that, is a national poll. not terribly significant. romney spent most of the day in ohio trying to repair the damage from the hidden video comments about the 47%. despite his attacks against president obama's health care law, romney highlight the his own massachusetts health care reform as proof that he does care about all people. >> throughout this campaign as well, we've talked about my...
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break out the romney, obama imperson aors. what would happen if they met at a barbershop and talked pop culture? here is one possibility. >> good morning, whiner in chief. >> it is the great white dope. >> how is the post convention bump? >> wasn't easy. >> you're hip, how do i say it, urban. your ur-bama. >> remember when madonna and britney kissed? >> do you? >> no. they tell me it was a big pop culture moment. >> maybe put our differences aside, start our own boy band, me, you, joe. he does a mean falsetto. >> i would like to call the band new direction. >> there's already one direction. >> we all know your direction. look where it has gotten us. >> not my direction, one direction. >> it is just like you to think there's only one direction. >> there is only one direction. that's the band's name. >> i have to go. do you have change for a thousand? >> got change for a thousand? that's one part of a series by stun creative suitably entitled presidential clippings. next, what's in store with this guy. >> his small talk alteredc
break out the romney, obama imperson aors. what would happen if they met at a barbershop and talked pop culture? here is one possibility. >> good morning, whiner in chief. >> it is the great white dope. >> how is the post convention bump? >> wasn't easy. >> you're hip, how do i say it, urban. your ur-bama. >> remember when madonna and britney kissed? >> do you? >> no. they tell me it was a big pop culture moment. >> maybe put our differences...
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president obama took them all in 2008. romney needs to win at least two of these three states to win the presidency. he now trails outside the margin of error in all three. in other news, the president's job approval at 50% in ohio. 49% in florida and virginia. for if first time, 40% of voters in those states say the country is headed in the right direction. >>> the stock market will open way up this morning after the federal reserve announced a program to spur hiring. they will buy mortgage backed security and keep interest rates low for years. romney said the move is proof the president is failing to get the economy back on track. >> what bernanke is doing is saying the president is wrong. the president is saying the economy is making progress. bernanke is saying we have to print more money. >> you wouldn't reappoint him if you won? >> i would appoint someone i selected rather than the current incumbe incumbent. >> we turn to cnbc. jeff, what is the impact of fed action here? >> you can see this all across the markets, w
president obama took them all in 2008. romney needs to win at least two of these three states to win the presidency. he now trails outside the margin of error in all three. in other news, the president's job approval at 50% in ohio. 49% in florida and virginia. for if first time, 40% of voters in those states say the country is headed in the right direction. >>> the stock market will open way up this morning after the federal reserve announced a program to spur hiring. they will buy...
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he spoke with the dnc last week in support of president obama. the pizzeria owner said the former governor helped his non-profit organization by promoting blood donation. still ahead on "way too early," why are you awaits, and "morning joe" just moments away. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward. for the spender who needs a little help saving. for adding "& sons." for the dreamer, planning an early escape. for the mother of the bride. for whoever you are, for whatever you're trying to achieve, pnc has technology, guidance, and over 150 years of experience to help you get there. ♪ ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helping to make gluten free bread that doesn't taste glut
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fred armisen gives way to the new president obama. see what you think with a clip later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. violent protests are breaking out in afghanistan as we speak where crowds have set fire to police vehicles in kabul. armed demonstrators also attacked western compounds including those of private security companies. it's the latest in a wave of protests that have swept the muslim world after portions of an anti-islam film which was produced in the united states were posted online. >>> elsewhere in afghanistan, taliban insurgents killed two u.s. marines and damaged more than $200 million worth of equipment in an attack on a fortified compound. eight attack jets were severely damaged in what officials are calling a, quote, very sophisticated attack. investigators now trying to determine if militants who were wearing afghan army uniforms to penetrate the heavily guarded camp in helmand province had help from inside the base. it's the same base where prince har
fred armisen gives way to the new president obama. see what you think with a clip later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. violent protests are breaking out in afghanistan as we speak where crowds have set fire to police vehicles in kabul. armed demonstrators also attacked western compounds including those of private security companies. it's the latest in a wave of protests that have swept the muslim world after portions of an anti-islam...
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we know who obama is as well. he is against tax breaks for the rich, so this -- trotting out this redistribution thing is not changing anything. it's not changing the conversation at all. really, nothing reeks more of desperation and a lack of ideas and a fear of what has been introduced to the race than pulling out a 14-year-old video from when he was a state senator. the romney tape is from may. this is you campaigning right now. >> but the obama campaign has been rolling out very old tapes of romney from massachusetts as well. so you'd have to by that logic assume that desperation on both counts. >> i think the point here is that -- to go another sentence deep in that quote we didn't play there, he's talking about how we need to do in a way that promotes competition in the private sector. he was saying was totally consistent with a very centrist message. it was consistent with what the democratic party did in the 1990s in response to the success of the republican party and the conservative movement in the 1818
we know who obama is as well. he is against tax breaks for the rich, so this -- trotting out this redistribution thing is not changing anything. it's not changing the conversation at all. really, nothing reeks more of desperation and a lack of ideas and a fear of what has been introduced to the race than pulling out a 14-year-old video from when he was a state senator. the romney tape is from may. this is you campaigning right now. >> but the obama campaign has been rolling out very old...
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how powerful and persuasive is the two-headed presidential monster of clinton and obama? >> the yankees are looking like a team that wants to play golf in october. who will have the seats in the american league when the music stops? it's way too early for this.
how powerful and persuasive is the two-headed presidential monster of clinton and obama? >> the yankees are looking like a team that wants to play golf in october. who will have the seats in the american league when the music stops? it's way too early for this.
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clinton can energize and talk back into the obama camp. the former president stumped for the current president in miami saying that obama has made progress under difficult circumstances. >> the test is not whether you think everything's hunky dory. if that were the test, the president would vote against himself. the test is whether he's taking that in the right direction and the answer is yes. >> clinton stumps in orlando today and expect to see him in one of four states in the coming weeks. florida, ohio, new hampshire and nevada. a lot of older white working class swing voters. meanwhile paul ryan is back in wisconsin today before heading to capitol hill tomorrow for a few house votes. his first visit to washington since being tapped as romney's running mate. ryan is on the ballot twice in wisconsin's first congressional district for vice president and re-election of his house seat. so today's day debuting tv ads for his house seat. >> as americans, we deserve a choice, you, not washington, should decide the path we take and the decision
clinton can energize and talk back into the obama camp. the former president stumped for the current president in miami saying that obama has made progress under difficult circumstances. >> the test is not whether you think everything's hunky dory. if that were the test, the president would vote against himself. the test is whether he's taking that in the right direction and the answer is yes. >> clinton stumps in orlando today and expect to see him in one of four states in the...
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president obama says the u.s. is waiting to see how egypt responds. >> i don't think that we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. they are a new government trying to find its way. >> reporter: protesters are upset over a video that criticizes the prophet muhammad. mitt romney criticized the response. >> instead when our grounds are attacked and being breached, the first response of the ute v united states must be outrage. >> the administration sent mixed signals to those who attacked our embassy in egypt and mixed signals to the world. >> reporter: the world waits to see who will be held responsible for the death of a diplomat. >> reporter: even some republicans criticized romney for jumping in while events were still unfolding. mara. >> right now there are reports of protestsers storming the u.s. embassy in the yemeni capital. once inside the compound, the mob brought down the u.s. flag and burned it. witnesses say security forces have opened fire on the crowd. >>> well, when it comes
president obama says the u.s. is waiting to see how egypt responds. >> i don't think that we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. they are a new government trying to find its way. >> reporter: protesters are upset over a video that criticizes the prophet muhammad. mitt romney criticized the response. >> instead when our grounds are attacked and being breached, the first response of the ute v united states must be outrage. >> the...
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you hear that in obama's speeches. secondarily, there's fairness but fairness as equality and liberty as liberty from oppression. that's the liberal and moral view. conservatives care about all those things, but fairness is more for them. are you taking out in proportion what you put in? what social conservatives have that liberals don't often recognize is the idea that group loyalty, respect for authority and order and tradition, and a sense of purity or sanctity which you saw in the section on sack religion and blass femy. social conservatives have a broader, moral demand around those issues. >> in 30 seconds there's one thing i'm dying to ask you. you set out as a liberal to write a how to guide for democrats to communicate in politics. when you wrote chapter 8, you had to stop and say i can't call myself a liberal anymore. can you tell me why you came to that? >> in ten seconds and less i tried to explain to liberals. by the time i wrote the book, they're right. both sides are right. left and right are like yin and
you hear that in obama's speeches. secondarily, there's fairness but fairness as equality and liberty as liberty from oppression. that's the liberal and moral view. conservatives care about all those things, but fairness is more for them. are you taking out in proportion what you put in? what social conservatives have that liberals don't often recognize is the idea that group loyalty, respect for authority and order and tradition, and a sense of purity or sanctity which you saw in the section...
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obama fear driving social conservatives. conservatives who aren't necessarily enthusiastic about mitt romney but have banded together because they really can't stand the. president is that a good enough strategy to win an election, nia-malika? >> no, it's not a good enough strategy. again, you haven't seen romney be able to grow his base of support beyond those social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, southern republicans. you haven't seen him be able to expand to states like ohio, to states like virginia, to african-americans, to latinos. you'll see him out in los angeles talking to latinos today, but it hasn't been a consistent strategy, and that's why you see these huge gaps among latinos, among women. that's where this election is going to be won or lost. this idea that all of the sudden an social conservative is very ramped up, well, they were probably going to vote for romney anyway. i just don't think this it idea that their fear and hatred, really, of this president is going to be enough to really carry mitt romne
obama fear driving social conservatives. conservatives who aren't necessarily enthusiastic about mitt romney but have banded together because they really can't stand the. president is that a good enough strategy to win an election, nia-malika? >> no, it's not a good enough strategy. again, you haven't seen romney be able to grow his base of support beyond those social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, southern republicans. you haven't seen him be able to expand to states like ohio, to...
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barack obama's strength, i think, is that he's a leader that doesn't panic. that he's smart and in control. that he listening to people like secretary of state clinton, and that i think he's a perfect crisis leader. this plays to his strength. the american people don't want to go to war in the middle east again. they don't want a third war. they don't want -- they want us to be strong, and my constituents have said to me in the streets although with tears in their eyes and say how can this happen in benghazi when we saved all those people from being executed? it's a good, tough question. i think it's importance to emphasize it wasn't the libyan government that had anything to do with this. it may have been inspired by al qaeda or some extremist groups, and we've got to be careful about a response when we know who did it, the response should be swift and certain. we have to be careful about that response. >> governor, if we could turn to romney's political response, which i think you could classify as poor as the very best, ari berman a couple months ago point
barack obama's strength, i think, is that he's a leader that doesn't panic. that he's smart and in control. that he listening to people like secretary of state clinton, and that i think he's a perfect crisis leader. this plays to his strength. the american people don't want to go to war in the middle east again. they don't want a third war. they don't want -- they want us to be strong, and my constituents have said to me in the streets although with tears in their eyes and say how can this...
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it voted for obama barely in 2008. the republicans see an opportunity to peel away the margins and perhaps put that part of the state into the red column. if they're successful in doing that, it pares down the 4% margin that obama won by four years ago in ohio. that's why we see ads like that, and whether they're effective or not, we have to wait and see. >> thank you very much. greatly appreciate it, henry. it's the next major highlight in the presidential race. the first debate between president obama and mitt romney nine days away in colorado. we have a preview some are saying of the first debate via the "60 minutes" interview. first of all, taxes. >> the current rates less 20%. so the top rate would go from 35 to 28, middle rates by 20% as well. all the rates come down. >> the problem governor romney has is he seems to only have one note. tax cuts for the wealthy, and rolling back regulations as a recipe for success. >> what about the issue of the deficit? >> i'm going to look at every federal program and ask this
it voted for obama barely in 2008. the republicans see an opportunity to peel away the margins and perhaps put that part of the state into the red column. if they're successful in doing that, it pares down the 4% margin that obama won by four years ago in ohio. that's why we see ads like that, and whether they're effective or not, we have to wait and see. >> thank you very much. greatly appreciate it, henry. it's the next major highlight in the presidential race. the first debate between...
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take a look. >> the obama campaign immediate pounced. "it is shocking that a candidate for president of the united states would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy dancers half american people view themselves as victims entitled to handout and are unwilling to take personal responsibility to their lives it is hard to serve as president for all americans when you disdainfully written you have half the nation." the romney campaign put out this innocuous statement from communications director. "mitt romney wants to help all americans struggling in the obama economy. as the gaffe go of nor made clear all year are he is concerned about the growing number of people who are dependent on the federal government, including the record number of people who are on food stamps, nearly one in six americans in poverty and the 23 million americans who are struggling to find work. pir's plan control 12y5i9s million new jobs in four years, grows the economy and moves americans off of government dependency and into jobs." late night for
take a look. >> the obama campaign immediate pounced. "it is shocking that a candidate for president of the united states would go behind closed doors and declare to a group of wealthy dancers half american people view themselves as victims entitled to handout and are unwilling to take personal responsibility to their lives it is hard to serve as president for all americans when you disdainfully written you have half the nation." the romney campaign put out this innocuous...
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but it's like, no, the obama people have been hitting him r months and months. he wants to talk about policy. that wouldn't be a terrible idea for him right now to sort of shut down the -- we seem to be having a nightly 10:15 press conference with mitt romney. he's entering the letter zone. >> working on a hawaiian time zone. i thought this was a really notable comment made by joe scarborough regarding how other people in the conservative party in the gop have treated the notion of sort of the haves and the have nots. this is joe scarborough talking about his time with jeb bush. take a listen to that. >> i was in rooms with jeb bush when he was governor and there would be wealthy people that would say things like this to jeb bush, and he would just glare at them. and then he would say, when nobody was watching, you don't understand. those are the people we have to help. you can help yourself. you get your lawyers, whatever. these are the people we've got to help. >> those are the people we have to help, ari. i think the most damming part of mitt romney's fund-ra
but it's like, no, the obama people have been hitting him r months and months. he wants to talk about policy. that wouldn't be a terrible idea for him right now to sort of shut down the -- we seem to be having a nightly 10:15 press conference with mitt romney. he's entering the letter zone. >> working on a hawaiian time zone. i thought this was a really notable comment made by joe scarborough regarding how other people in the conservative party in the gop have treated the notion of sort...
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break out the romney, obama impersonators. what would happen if they met at a barbershop and talked pop culture? here is one possibility. >> good morning, whiner in chief. >> it is the great white dope. >> how is the post convention bump? >> wasn't easy. >> you're hip, how do i say it, urban. your ur-bama. you must know all those mtv music kal folks. >> sure, all of us black people know each other. >> remember when madonna and britney kissed? >> do you? >> no. they tell me it was a big pop culture moment. >> maybe put our differences aside, start our own boy band, me, you, joe. he does a mean falsetto. >> i would like to call the band new direction. >> there's already one direction. >> we all know your direction. look where it has gotten us. >> not my direction, one direction. >> it is just like you to think there's only one direction. >> there is only one direction. that's the band's name. >> i have to go. do you have change for a thousand? >> got change for a thousand? that's one part of a series by stun creative suitably en
break out the romney, obama impersonators. what would happen if they met at a barbershop and talked pop culture? here is one possibility. >> good morning, whiner in chief. >> it is the great white dope. >> how is the post convention bump? >> wasn't easy. >> you're hip, how do i say it, urban. your ur-bama. you must know all those mtv music kal folks. >> sure, all of us black people know each other. >> remember when madonna and britney kissed? >>...
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and obama is masterful in this area. you would think, you know, the point goes to obama if it gets worse. but romney just needs anything at this point. >> something, comma, anything exclamation point. we have to wrap this but nic had it the best when he said romney touches foreign policy he breaks things. it is not a good shop for him to be in if you will. >> no. definitely not. and good thing actually that most voters are actually going to turn on the economy, end of story. >> we will be talking more about romney campaign strategy in the next block. trouble in romney land. a new politico story indicates it might be time for a bain style overhaul within the romney campaign. >> for somebody who sells himself as mr. fix-it, for someone who is very successful corporate leader, republicans are baffled that mitt romney doesn't have a better organized campaign and we really saw it with this laurel and hardy routine around the convention speech. >> mike allen dropping baffled and laurel and hardy in reference to the romney team
and obama is masterful in this area. you would think, you know, the point goes to obama if it gets worse. but romney just needs anything at this point. >> something, comma, anything exclamation point. we have to wrap this but nic had it the best when he said romney touches foreign policy he breaks things. it is not a good shop for him to be in if you will. >> no. definitely not. and good thing actually that most voters are actually going to turn on the economy, end of story....
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to barack obama. but face it, president obama already has a lead on those issues. he's been out on the campaign trail saying -- he still has the pull pit and the upper hand on this issue. mitt romney did himself no good-bye jumping the gun. i'm quiting peggy noonan who had been a cheer leader of mitt romney in many aspects. >> this was not a gaffe in any sense. you might want to call the russia thing a gaffe, except there's no indication that romney didn't fully believe it. this was planned, this was staged, this was the campaign saying this is what we must do today. >> no, no. i mean, they had hours and hours to think about this. remember, there was a supposed to be a partisan thing for 9/11. they actually lifted the embargo to get ahead of the news cycle. they were very much aware of what they were doing. the statement was signed off by romney himself according to the new york times. they knew what was happening and if it were a gaffe they would have backtracked today. they said we stand by it and c
to barack obama. but face it, president obama already has a lead on those issues. he's been out on the campaign trail saying -- he still has the pull pit and the upper hand on this issue. mitt romney did himself no good-bye jumping the gun. i'm quiting peggy noonan who had been a cheer leader of mitt romney in many aspects. >> this was not a gaffe in any sense. you might want to call the russia thing a gaffe, except there's no indication that romney didn't fully believe it. this was...
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americans think president obama is strong and decisive, 50 to 44. and i suspect that that could even become -- that could even turn into a wider gap. >> this should give all of us a pause. there's nothing uncomfortable about what happened today about the mitt romney campaign. this should give us a pause. wait a minute. and the reality is, you have to ask yourself the question, who is advising him? what advisers told him to make these kinds of statements? because the sad thing is, they may be the very advisers who will follow him into the white house? >> and many of those advisers are -- >> go ahead, reverend. >> some of those advisers were held over from the bush administration and i suspect they may have been the ones that saw weapons of mass destruction in iraq. but i'm going to have to leave it there. krystal ball and joe madison, thank you for your time tonight. don't forget to catch krystal on "the cycle" at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> and the 91 yoorld face in the voting rights has a pennsylvania i.d. but what about the millions
americans think president obama is strong and decisive, 50 to 44. and i suspect that that could even become -- that could even turn into a wider gap. >> this should give all of us a pause. there's nothing uncomfortable about what happened today about the mitt romney campaign. this should give us a pause. wait a minute. and the reality is, you have to ask yourself the question, who is advising him? what advisers told him to make these kinds of statements? because the sad thing is, they may...
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on china saying that the china has taken president obama to the mat. you almost want to put a stop sign up and say, just don't talk about any country other than america. >> yeah. economy, economy, economy. >> this is not a winner for you, richard. even china stuff, henry kissinger, sat on the sidelines and said, romney, this isn't the best way to deal with the chinese. who knows about china other than henry kissinger. >> let's be clear, china's not an enemy. it may not be entirely an ally either. it has been, probably will to be for decades to come, something in between. countries are, and that's the world as we find it. you can try to say america needs to project leadership. what are we are going to do in libya right now in terms of leadership that they're talking about? >> right. >> there a role for the military? is that the kind of strength that they assume? one thing you would think about the kinds of advisers about mitt romney they would have learned some lessons from their experience in iraq, namely that military, american military, is the suprem
on china saying that the china has taken president obama to the mat. you almost want to put a stop sign up and say, just don't talk about any country other than america. >> yeah. economy, economy, economy. >> this is not a winner for you, richard. even china stuff, henry kissinger, sat on the sidelines and said, romney, this isn't the best way to deal with the chinese. who knows about china other than henry kissinger. >> let's be clear, china's not an enemy. it may not be...
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his own voting bloc. >> obama is saying you shouldn't be left out in the cold. the political danger of romney is it sounds like you're out in the cold, and i don't care. >> that's not what he said. >> there's a difference considering yourself a victim and believe the government can be beneficial and do good things in the society. they're a difference there between thinking that the government can do good or -- >> obama is predicating his entire game of victim -- >> on the premise that government can do good for society. >> that you need government to day care of you. that's his campaign message. i'm not inventing this. obama is tells you you need government to take care of you. >> that's not what he's telling you. >> boris, thanks for joining us. >>> another deadly afak in afghanistan triggers ways in how america trains afghan troops. what it means for getting u.s. troops out. that's straight ahead. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put y
his own voting bloc. >> obama is saying you shouldn't be left out in the cold. the political danger of romney is it sounds like you're out in the cold, and i don't care. >> that's not what he said. >> there's a difference considering yourself a victim and believe the government can be beneficial and do good things in the society. they're a difference there between thinking that the government can do good or -- >> obama is predicating his entire game of victim -- >>...
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perhaps a few viewers that may not be obama supporters. that may be why obama spent so much time with letterman talking about the white house micro brewery. probably to his advantage. but i don't think it can hurt. another thing is campaigns i think have this perception that if they go on these shows, whether day time or late night, they're actually going to reach voters or reach i think just citizens who may not even be planning to vote and that this might be kind of a last-minute way to actually get them interested and actually get them to the polls. >> there is an interesting headline out there that romney's got billionaires and obama's got hollywood talking about support and contributors. let me show you a list of celebs donating or fund raising for barack obama. includes george clooney, russell simmons, deepak chopra, tyler perry, mariah carey. we saw the big fundraiser last night. romney's list included sheldon adelson, roger penske, ira rennert. it is interesting. there was a time it seemed early on in the campaign before romney was
perhaps a few viewers that may not be obama supporters. that may be why obama spent so much time with letterman talking about the white house micro brewery. probably to his advantage. but i don't think it can hurt. another thing is campaigns i think have this perception that if they go on these shows, whether day time or late night, they're actually going to reach voters or reach i think just citizens who may not even be planning to vote and that this might be kind of a last-minute way to...
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president obama leads governor romney, 50-44. in colorado, it's the same, 50-44 and in iowa it's 50/42. president obama won all three of these states in 2008. >>> the day after mitt romney sat down with the spanish language tv network univision, yesterday it was the president's turn and president obama told the hispanic audience his biggest failure of his first four years was not passing comprehensive immigration reform. he also attacked his opponent over his secretly videotaped private fund-raiser's comments and the republicans' comments about 47% of americans. >> when you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims, that somehow they want to be dependent on government. my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot because i traveled around the country all the time and the american people are the hardest working people there are. >> but it was his comments about changing the tone in washington that also got his opponent's attention. >> obviously the fact that we haven't been able to change the tone
president obama leads governor romney, 50-44. in colorado, it's the same, 50-44 and in iowa it's 50/42. president obama won all three of these states in 2008. >>> the day after mitt romney sat down with the spanish language tv network univision, yesterday it was the president's turn and president obama told the hispanic audience his biggest failure of his first four years was not passing comprehensive immigration reform. he also attacked his opponent over his secretly videotaped...
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this is the form of president obama's resolve. it's a resolve the american government can and should kill those it believes to be its enemies and it's taken the precise shape and included the fire power of the unmanned aerial drone. that resolve, some believe, may not be lawful, but it is definitely forceful. it's almost ruthless. and we now think it's part of what led to the attacks in benghazi which is not to say it's the wrong thing to do. that's a more complicated question. but it is to say that the idea that more assertive application of american power will lead to less violence against america is a hard idea to find evidence for in recent history. and so the question for governor romney is what exact form his resolve would take such it would simultaneously be more effective and encourage less backlash from the terrorists who feel their power is slipping away? joining me now is associate editor at the "washington post" and someone i'm proud to call a colleague. it's good to see you. so you know all of this 100 times better th
this is the form of president obama's resolve. it's a resolve the american government can and should kill those it believes to be its enemies and it's taken the precise shape and included the fire power of the unmanned aerial drone. that resolve, some believe, may not be lawful, but it is definitely forceful. it's almost ruthless. and we now think it's part of what led to the attacks in benghazi which is not to say it's the wrong thing to do. that's a more complicated question. but it is to say...
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and by the way, the obama administration says so too. because they made it clear that they did not clear this statement from the embassy in advance. and that statement was a mistake and i believe that governor romney is entirely correct to crises it. it's part of a general pattern. and this is what bill kristol said as well. it's part of a general pattern of trying to placate some of the most implacable enemies of the united states of america. >> lawrence, what's your take on that? has the obama administration had a general pattern of trying to, as michael put it, placate the most implacable enemy of america? >> absolutely not. as you just showed before, president bush was even more apologetic after an american threatened to desecrate the koran in iran. you may remember that general petraeus condemned pastor jones, who was part of this video hear. re. he condemned him when he was threatening to burn korans, and that would cause damage to the troops he was commanding in afghanistan. president bush himself explained that he didn't support
and by the way, the obama administration says so too. because they made it clear that they did not clear this statement from the embassy in advance. and that statement was a mistake and i believe that governor romney is entirely correct to crises it. it's part of a general pattern. and this is what bill kristol said as well. it's part of a general pattern of trying to placate some of the most implacable enemies of the united states of america. >> lawrence, what's your take on that? has...
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so a useful event for the obama campaign. and again, a way to bank votes early, particularly among students who they want to be free on election day to volunteer and help get out the vote. >> you know, it's kind of interesting though, jamie. people are starting to vote before we've even had our first debate in this election between the two candidates head-to-head. so you got to wonder if some people would rather have waited until maybe thursday to send in their votes. these must be people who have known for a long time and that's it. >> well, yeah. you raise a good point. this is a calculus that the obama campaign seems to be depending on, is that they can mitigate some of the risk of a bad debate, perhaps, by banking these votes early to make sure that they can build it up. and they point to a statistic, alex, that in 2008 obama lost the election on election day here in iowa. but won overall in iowa because of votes that the campaign had banked prior to the election day on early voting. >> jamie, thank you. >>> in a moment,
so a useful event for the obama campaign. and again, a way to bank votes early, particularly among students who they want to be free on election day to volunteer and help get out the vote. >> you know, it's kind of interesting though, jamie. people are starting to vote before we've even had our first debate in this election between the two candidates head-to-head. so you got to wonder if some people would rather have waited until maybe thursday to send in their votes. these must be people...
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cnn has obama up 1. washington post has them up 2 on jobs and the economy where he was trailing before. >> yeah, i think that's a trend that's going to continue. i think it came out of the democratic convention. it's also probably coming out of the real world. look, romney today, another act of opportunism, he's rooting for a recession. alicia is right. he doesn't have the judgment to be president. what do we elect these guys for? we elect them because of their programs, because they stand for certain things but ultimately we elect these guys or some day hopefully a woman because they have the judgment to sit in the oval office and face an unexpected crisis and dot right thing. whenever he's presented with something unexpected, mitt romney seems almost instinctively to do the wrong thing. he's not fit for the presidency. >> alicia, the president in swing states in a new nbc marist poll, in ohio, president obama is up 7 points n. florida, 5 points. in virginia, he's up 5 point. this is real, real, real ba
cnn has obama up 1. washington post has them up 2 on jobs and the economy where he was trailing before. >> yeah, i think that's a trend that's going to continue. i think it came out of the democratic convention. it's also probably coming out of the real world. look, romney today, another act of opportunism, he's rooting for a recession. alicia is right. he doesn't have the judgment to be president. what do we elect these guys for? we elect them because of their programs, because they...
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any way, up next, sarah palin's absurd assault on president obama. it doesn't get much worse than this. listen to her coming up. you thought reince priebus was bad? this is "hardball," the place for politics. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four
any way, up next, sarah palin's absurd assault on president obama. it doesn't get much worse than this. listen to her coming up. you thought reince priebus was bad? this is "hardball," the place for politics. those little things still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same...
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and it's a day of shame for the obama administration. we are a place of freedom, here and around the world, and we should stand up and defend freedom wherever it is under attack. >> a dark day, a day of shame, he said. mr. romney made those remarks at about 2:00 in the afternoon on may 3rd. and they drew an almost immediate rebuke from even staunch conservatives, like, for example, bill kristol, that very same afternoon. >> i mean, i'm happy to be critical of the obama administration, as anyone is, but i think this is an awfully fast-moving story, and if i was advising governor romney, i would say, you don't need to get in the middle of this story. to inject yourself in the middle of it, when there were all kinds of negotiations going on, and a fast-moving story, i think it's foolish. there's no reason to inject yourself in and say it's a day of shame for the obama administration. hillary clinton's waking up right now. let's see if she can pull this off in the next 12 hours or not. >> turns out secretary clinton was able to pull it off.
and it's a day of shame for the obama administration. we are a place of freedom, here and around the world, and we should stand up and defend freedom wherever it is under attack. >> a dark day, a day of shame, he said. mr. romney made those remarks at about 2:00 in the afternoon on may 3rd. and they drew an almost immediate rebuke from even staunch conservatives, like, for example, bill kristol, that very same afternoon. >> i mean, i'm happy to be critical of the obama...
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barack obama not only talk that way but killed the one who rendered the opinion. >> yes, and the obama administration has tried to make that issue in the campaign. >> he had leon panetta there, using drones killing one after another. i don't see anything that justifies the word weak. jimmy carter, a horrendous failure, what's the point now? >> look, this is a particularly delicate moment. everyone is very concerned about what happens he will elsewhere in the islamic world. you've seen the protests extend to whether it's kashmere, pakistan, the danger that it becomes much bigger and the position that the obama administration has taken may make it look weak down the road. >> surely it's coming out of the los angeles or the reverend terry jones to denounce out of l.a. and say that romney hasn't done so. let's watch the secretary. >> let me state very clearly and i hope it is obvious that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and its message. >> why doesn't romney say that? would that offend one of his people? these peop
barack obama not only talk that way but killed the one who rendered the opinion. >> yes, and the obama administration has tried to make that issue in the campaign. >> he had leon panetta there, using drones killing one after another. i don't see anything that justifies the word weak. jimmy carter, a horrendous failure, what's the point now? >> look, this is a particularly delicate moment. everyone is very concerned about what happens he will elsewhere in the islamic world....
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>> well, he was ambassador under president obama, and president obama has obviously as president has been clear to see what he is going to do in the e region and mitt romney as candidate has been vague. he has said essentially, we don't want the united states to be apologizing and that is the crux of the criticism the other night that the obama adm administration was once again apologizing, and he his advisers have been more specific, and some of the details that you talked about in the beginning of the show, and providing more aid to the syrian opposition for example, drawing a harder line on iran, although, they have gone back and forth some on how hard of a line it would be with so some of the advisers signaling harder than mitt romney himself has, so his advisory team, and he has a very robust one, has been able to lay out the specifics, but it has not come from the candidate's mouth as much and i would suspect intentionally, because he is the opposition candidate and he has the luxury somewhat of being able to object and not having to take the steps as president obama does now.
>> well, he was ambassador under president obama, and president obama has obviously as president has been clear to see what he is going to do in the e region and mitt romney as candidate has been vague. he has said essentially, we don't want the united states to be apologizing and that is the crux of the criticism the other night that the obama adm administration was once again apologizing, and he his advisers have been more specific, and some of the details that you talked about in the...
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in his first nine months, president obama has issued policies and criticisms in america. in england and france. we have been through every one of those speeches and we cannot find any evidence for what mr. romney claims, but then maybe he hasn't read them. after all but if anyone needs to say sorry, it's mr. romney. he should apologize to those staff who work overseas on behalf of the nation, often in extremely complex circumstances and whose work can hardly be helped by the ill conceived bluster of a desperate presidential candidate.
in his first nine months, president obama has issued policies and criticisms in america. in england and france. we have been through every one of those speeches and we cannot find any evidence for what mr. romney claims, but then maybe he hasn't read them. after all but if anyone needs to say sorry, it's mr. romney. he should apologize to those staff who work overseas on behalf of the nation, often in extremely complex circumstances and whose work can hardly be helped by the ill conceived...
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then candidate obama. who are you going to be ready to take that call at 3:00 a.m.? are you going to be ready and mature and able to handle those decisions and in that moment he proved he was the guy to take that call at 3:00 a.m. i think there's similar questions right now about mitt romney, particularly on foreign policy. are you really ready to be the face of the united states on the national stage? and this was both an opportunity and a perilous moment for the romney campaign and i think they ended up creating a massive problem for them whereas if they had followed the strategy you outlined it could have been an opportunity for them. >> seems the afghanistan mistake or mission or whatever you want to call it is in his house. talking trash on the court, you can't make that three pointer and trying to make it and extra tense and pushing. he's, yeah, yipping, pushing. but this is part of post truth campaigning which is what we're in this season. accusing obama of doing things that he's actually not doing
then candidate obama. who are you going to be ready to take that call at 3:00 a.m.? are you going to be ready and mature and able to handle those decisions and in that moment he proved he was the guy to take that call at 3:00 a.m. i think there's similar questions right now about mitt romney, particularly on foreign policy. are you really ready to be the face of the united states on the national stage? and this was both an opportunity and a perilous moment for the romney campaign and i think...
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so obama sees this as just political cover. and he gets -- he solicits opinions around the room and outside from people who aren't the important people. and a number of those people have a view that really we should be thinking about genocide as a national security issue. it may not seem like a national security issue whether we let these million people be exterminated but it creates a mood when you can prevent that from happening. these things in libya now may be much worse if we don't encourage our friends and walk the walk and not just talk the talk. obama says to them come back in two hours with an actual solution to the problem so we can consider it. they come back. >> two hours later. >> i have a dinner. i'll be back in two hours. meanwhile, he's planning the attack on osama bin laden's compound, he has a million things going on. this is a sliver of the presidency. and on his decision rests the lives of a million people. it's incredible. it shows the incredible power of the presidency. but because he reframed the decision
so obama sees this as just political cover. and he gets -- he solicits opinions around the room and outside from people who aren't the important people. and a number of those people have a view that really we should be thinking about genocide as a national security issue. it may not seem like a national security issue whether we let these million people be exterminated but it creates a mood when you can prevent that from happening. these things in libya now may be much worse if we don't...